Electric cord holder for sadirons



March 16, 1954 J. J. RUSH ELECTRIC com) HOLDER FOR SADIRONS Filed May 8, 1950 INVENTOR, Jame/7 J Pas 2 BY E Patented Mar. 16, 1954 UNITED STATES Joseph J. Rush, Carthage, Mo.

ATENT OFFICE Application May 8, 1950, Serial No. 160,729 1 Claim. (01. 248-51) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in electric cord holders for sadirons. The principal object of the present invention is to provide a suitable flexible support for the electric cord of sadiron or fiat iron which may be easily and readily attached to the ordinary ironing board that will function to support the cord connection of a sadiron at a substantial distance from the ironing board, so as to hold the cord out of contact with the article being ironed, and which will also keep the cord from kinking and from dragging over the work to interfere with the free manipulation of the sadiron.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of flexible standard rotatably mounted at its lower end in a socket fixed to the edge of an ironing board and having a transverse arm at its upper end adapted to engage and support the ironing cord above said ironing board whereby it may swing in an are above the board.

Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, ease and efficiency of operation, and adaptability for use with the ironing board and for easy removal therefrom to facilitate easy storing and assembly.

With these objects in view as well as other objects which will appear during the course of the specification, reference will be had to the drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ironing board showing in full lines the normal position of the invention thereon and in dotted lines in a further position of the parts.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged end view of the ironing board with ironing apparatus mounted thereon.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the center line of the flexible end of the rotatably mounted standard and the socket bracket.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the ironing board with the socket bracket attached.

Throughout the several views like reference numerals refer to similar parts and the numeral [0 designates a standard ironing board having a planar board I2 mounted on a collapsible supporting frame M, which is adapted to be folded against the board for storage. The board is of suficient thickness to receive the socket bracket 16 thereon, to which it is secured by screws 18 with the socket 20 extended in vertical position in spaced relation therefrom.

The cord standard 22 comprises a vertical standard rod 24 having a transversely disposed side arm 26. The lower end portion of standard 22 has a flexible spring section comprising a helical sprin lower end p 2 g 28 which is tightly fitted over the ortion of standard 24 at its one end and over a short section 30 of the rod at its other end as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The lower portion of rod section 30 is mounted in the vertically disposed socket 20 for free rotation as the lower end of helical spring 28 rests on the upper edge of socket 20 to support the weight of the parts thereon. The outer end portion of arm 26 is spirally formed at 32 to clampingly receive the electric cord 34 therein. The cord is plugged into a wall socket 36 with its free end fitted into the socket 38 disposed at the rear end of the sadiron It will be noted that as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the arm 26 may be rotated to a straight away position relative to the forward direction of the sadiron from socket 20, thus presenting a relatively short cord 34 which will permit of full movement of the sadiron to the extreme ends of the ironing board. For convenience of reach of the sadiron the standard 22 is positioned at the rear side of the board and at a point adjacent the butt of the ironing board.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

An electric cord holder for a sadiron comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to the edge of an ironing board and having a tubular passage formed vertically therein, a standard comprising two rod sections with their contiguous ends fixed in the respective end portions of a helical spring, the lower of said rod sections being carried for rotation in said bracket passage with said spring contacting the upper surface of said bracket to support said standard, said standard having a transversely extending arm at its upper end, and means carried at the free end of said arm for clampingly engaging said electric cord.

JOSEPH J. RUSH.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Myers Aug. 9, 1949 

